"The first thing Tom [Hooper] said was that he wanted to be very faithful to the period and Victor Hugo's story…[For Anne Hathaway's character, Fantine,] we worked with clingy fabrics and used an airbrush to darken the sides of her costume to make her look even thinner."

And on making Hugh Jackman look less, well, jacked:

"Hugh [Jackman] wanted Valjean to look more bourgeois and relaxed about his appearance when he becomes the mayor, so we added padding to make it look like he had a little bit of a belly. You can barely notice it, but Hugh asked for it specifically."

"Downton Abbey" Season 3 minor spoiler alert:

“It’s more glamorous than last season,” says wardrobe head Caroline McCall. McCall promises that though the well-to-do Crawleys may face some financial troubles, their style won’t suffer. In fact, she hints, the family will have good reason to play dress-up on more than a few occasions.

And on the tacky new American:

Lady Cora’s (Elizabeth McGovern) outspoken American mother, Martha Levinson (Shirley MacLaine), arrives. “She’s new money,” says McCall, who had only about three weeks to create the character’s look (which includes plenty of flashy jewelry) before MacLaine’s wardrobe fitting. “Martha displays her wealth, which isn’t terribly British.”